New Year’s Resolution

2018 has arrived in our mail and I am closer to university than I am to primary school!!! This marks the year I will be stepping into Junior College and going into a complete fresh start is crazy daunting. Here’s a couple of general directions I hope to move towards next year to make it as fruitful as I can.

1. A body in motion is a healthy body

I am grateful that I stepped into the new year in great health. Hopefully by making an investment now, I will be able to do exactly that forty years down the road, which means the first thing I have to make sure is to maintain consistency in maintaining and building my body. JC life is gonna be a hecka different, but I am going to put aside time to get moving at least 5 days a week. Anything from stretching to jogging to body weight exercises goes a long way!

2. Reading is nourishment for the mind

Out of nowhere this sudden desire to consume all the books in the world overcame me and while that is unrealistic (not to mention not necessarily beneficial) I have decided to make reading a bigger part of my life and make it a habit to read for 20 minutes before going to bed. This is a way better way to spend time rather than catching myself dawdling on social media.

3. Keep the toxicity away

2017 was a year of expanding and absorbing a lot of things, but that has its own backlash because I was rather indiscriminately trying to gain as much as I could. Next year, I feel that it is time to gather my courage and say “no” when I need to, stay away from people that I am hanging on to just because I could, purge the terrible social media influence I have gotten too lazy to do something about, and lastly leave behind bad memories or prejudices I hold against anyone.

4. Invest in my family

In the flurry of change and getting used to this new “family” in JC, I need to pay more attention to the family connected to me by blood. Many times I apply a different set of rules with them because I know that they are closer to me than almost any other person and I could afford to be an asshole. On the flip side, there is no reason why I should expect them to put up with me if the “different set of rules” do not extend to the positive side of the equation.

I am confident (and adamant, most importantly) that I would be able to be a master of myself in the following year. I hope I make many mistakes and learn from it in 2018. I hope it will feel like the checkpoint in a game where I can collect myself anytime and keep going. 2018 come my way, I am ready when you are.